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2) The intern
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
378 pages ; 25 cm.
Description
Madison Rivera lands the internship of a lifetime working for Judge Kathryn Conroy. But Madison has a secret that could destroy her career. Her troubled younger brother Danny has been arrested, and Conroy is the judge on his case. When Danny goes missingafter accusing the judge of corruption, Madison's quest for answers brings her deep into the judge's glamorous world. Is Kathryn Conroy a mentor, a victim, or a criminal? Is she trying to help Madison...
3) México roto
Author
Publisher
Algaguara
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
407 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"The pandemic is not over yet and the president's stubbornness continues to cause thousands of deaths; broken promises have deeply permeated Mexican society. The question is: will that society be able to pull a dictator from power, or, on the contrary, will this "messiah" continue to buy his way, lie, hide his shady dealings, and betray the population with the same cynicism as always? And Martinillo, how will he manage to save himself from the same...
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Series
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
260 pages ; 24 cm.
Description
"1971. The small American town of Camel City is shaken when the heiress to a billionaire empire disappears from her room in an exclusive boarding school for young girls. Her neighbor down the hall, a Mexican named Rosario Navarro, could be involved. While the political climate rarefies, the police follow clues increasingly ominous. 1973. In Sinaloa, law professor Bernardo Ayala tries to dissuade his students from enlisting in the ranks of the Liga...
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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
x, 410 pages : map ; 24 cm
Description
"For three decades after Mao's death in 1976, China's leaders adopted a restrained approach to foreign policy. They determined that any threat to their power, and that of the Chinese Communist Party, came not from abroad but from within--a conclusion cemented by the 1989 Tiananmen crisis. To facilitate the country's inexorable economic ascendence, and to prevent a backlash, they reassured the outside world of China's peaceful intentions. Then, as...
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Series
In Death series volume 57
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Lt. Eve Dallas is just home from a long overdue vacation when she responds to a call of an unattended death. The victim is Martin Greenleaf, retired Internal Affairs Captain. At first glance, the scene appears to be suicide, but the closer Eve examines the body, the more suspicious she becomes. An unlocked open window, a loving wife and family, a too-perfect suicide note-Eve's gut says it's a homicide. After all, Greenleaf put a lot of dirty cops...
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It’s 1971. Trash piles up on the streets, crime is at an all-time high, the city is careening towards bankruptcy, and a shooting war has broken out between the NYPD and the Black Liberation Army. Amidst this collective nervous breakdown furniture store owner and ex-fence Ray Carney tries to keep his head down and his business thriving. His days moving stolen goods around the city are over. It’s strictly the straight-and-narrow for him — until...
Author
Publisher
Verso
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
354 pages ; 25 cm
Description
Nils Melzer's compelling investigation shows how, through secrecy, impunity and, crucially, public indifference, unchecked power risks annihilating Western democracy and the rule of law. The case of Julian Assange could set a chilling precedent.
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Series
Mitch Rapp novels volume 22
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
Mitch Rapp hates owing anyone a favor-especially when it's the world's most powerful crime lord. But when Damian Losa calls, Mitch is honor-bound to answer. The Syrian government appears to have created a highly addictive new narcotic that it plans to distribute throughout Europe. It's a major threat to Losa's business and he's determined to send someone to keep him on top by any means necessary. Rapp is the perfect choice for the mission. Not only...
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Series
Forgotten five volume 3
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
322 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
Estero City is in an uproar following the exposure of President Fuerte as a supernatural, as well as the surprise announcement by Magdalia Palacio, Seven's mother, that she will oppose Fuerte in the upcoming election. The forgotten five and their allies know the president is corrupt to the core. But no one knows if Magdalia can be trusted. Meanwhile, Birdie, Seven, Tenner, and Brix are reeling from Cabot's decision to leave the group and join her...
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Series
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
407 pages ; 24 cm.
Description
"Framed for the murder of an FBI agent after testifying against David Chen and his illegal businesses, Kara Quinn goes on the run, determined to clear her name without putting her partner, Matt Costa, in danger"--
12) Prophet song
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find two officers from Ireland's newly formed secret police on her step. They have arrived to interrogate her husband, a trade unionist. Ireland is falling apart, caught in the grip of a government turning toward tyranny. As the life she knows and the ones she loves disappear before her eyes, Eilish must contend with the dystopian logic of her new,...
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"After years of working as an FBI agent, Titus Crown returns home to Charon County, land of moonshine and cornbread, fist fights and honeysuckle. Seeing his hometown struggling with a bigoted police force inspires him to run for sheriff. He wins, and becomes the first Black sheriff in the history of the county. Then a year to the day after his election, a young Black man is fatally shot by Titus's deputies. Titus pledges to follow the truth wherever...
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Publisher
Grijalbo
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
405 pages ; 21 cm
Description
Why has President López Obrador become obsessed with some media outlets (especially with "conservatives"), that he considers his fiercest opponents? Why does he lie and misinform so confidently even when is presented with evidence against his claims? What are the political consequences of his defiant attitude towards facts?--
16) The secret hours
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"Two years ago, a hostile Prime Minister launched the Monochrome inquiry, an auditing of the British Secret Service "to investigate historical over-reaching." Monochrome's mission was to ferret out any hint of misconduct by any MI5 officer-and allowed Griselda Fleet and Malcolm Kyle, the two civil servants seconded to the project, unfettered access to any and all confidential information in the Service archives in order to do so. But MI5's formidable...
17) Traitors gate
Author
Series
William Warwick novels volume 6
Pub. Date
2023
Description
"Impenetrable. Well protected. Secure. Home to the most valuable jewels on earth. But once a year, when the Queen attends the State Opening of Parliament, the Metropolitan Police must execute the most secret operation in their armory as they transport the Crown Jewels across London. For decades, the elite squad at Scotland Yard have been in charge of the operation. And for decades, it's run like clockwork. But this year, everything is about to change....
18) Bloody martini
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Coalville is on fire--from below. The old mines are burning, and everyone has poison gas in their brain. Maybe that's why the town is so corrupt. Now that he's a Benedictine monk, Tommy Martini never wants to see the place again--hell-raisers there holda grudge till they die, and he's on their wish list. But a girl he once loved has gone missing, and his best friend from childhood has been murdered. Among the living is a shy girl from Tommy's past,...
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Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
192 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"Here is the explosive story of the Kids for Cash scandal in Pennsylvania, a judicial justice miscarriage that sent more than 2,500 children and teens to a for-profit detention center while two judges lined their pockets with cash, as told by Candy J. Cooper, an award-winning journalist and Pulitzer Prize finalist"--
20) La maestra
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Publisher
Espasa (Editorial Planeta Mexicana)
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
475 pages ; 23 cm
Description
"La llamada la despertó a medianoche. Elba Esther contestó inquieta, del otro lado de la línea los secretarios de Hacienda y Gobernación insistían en verla: las negociaciones con el sindicato habían llegado a un punto muerto y el presidente deseaba que se reunieran. La recorrió un mal presentimiento, sabía que podría ser una trampa, pero no le quedaba otra opción. Al día siguiente, abordó el avión privado que la esperaba para llevarla...
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